The Client is the story of an ex alcoholic lawyer called Reggie Love who is hired by a young boy who has witnessed the suicide of a mob lawyer. The two embark on a journey of discovery and intrigue as Reggie finds the love a child when hers have been taken away from her. For Mark Swain, he ... Read review
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The Client is the story of an ex alcoholic lawyer called Reggie Love who is hired by a young boy who has witnessed the suicide of a mob lawyer. The two embark on a journey of discovery and intrigue as Reggie finds the love a child when hers have been taken away from her. For Mark Swain, he must clear his own and his brothers name and evade the harassment of the prosecuting DA. The pace is up to the usual Grisham speed and his easy writing style make ... more
The Client is the story of an ex alcoholic lawyer called Reggie Love who is hired by a young boy who has witnessed the suicide of a mob lawyer. The two embark on a journey of discovery and intrigue as Reggie finds the love a child when hers have been taken away from her. For Mark Swain, he must clear his own and his brothers name and evade the harassment of the prosecuting DA. The pace is up to the usual Grisham speed and his easy writing style make this a three day read at most.
Advantages: Good Grisham plot Disadvantages: But he's done better
...to. He tries to do the right thing while having to carry his family through rough times too. Once again, Grisham's characters are well developed and interesting, and the story moves briskly. Grisham succeeds in focusing on the boy and his reactions to the events, and how his lawyer tries to protect him and his family while trying to outsmart all opponents. This is a good read from Grisham. One thing, though - a lawyer going to all this trouble for ...
JaySee 14.07.2000
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Advantages: Thrilling, entertaining, a must read Disadvantages: None noted.
...kid who runs rings around the American legal system. It starts out with two young boys who are out on a walk when they chance on a man about to commit suicide - the man tells the older boy a deadly secret (which is the reason for the man's suicide). The younger of the two boys, Ricky, is so traumatized by the event, that he has to be hospitalized.
It turns out that the man who had died, had been involved with some notorious gang who had cops and ... ...It is here, at the hospital, that young Mark Swain overhears a conversation between an ambulance chasing lawyer, and a prospective client, and he hears the entire negotiation going on. Mark decides that because of the fact that he had gotten his brother into that state, all because he had gone out for a walk to smoke a cigarette, he would need to take it upon himself to find a lawyer to represent them. His mother after all, needed all the help she ...
Whizzdom 14.11.2007
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Advantages: Original Pacey thriller Disadvantages: none
...on them. To escape from the reality of his life he sneaks off to the woods with his younger brother Ricky to smoke a cigarette. It is in these woods they come across a man trying to commit suicide, the man is in fact a lawyer on the mobs payroll. Mark showing his brother how brave he is repeatedly tries to stop the man being successful in ending his life. Eventually Mark is caught and learns the reason why the lawyer is so desperate. The lawyer knows ... ...In sheer desperation the man kills himself and Mark hurries back to the trailer with Ricky. Ricky on seeing the man catch Mark suffers shock and is taken to hospital. The police question Mark about what happened to Ricky and also about what happened in the woods, Mark though maintains they saw and heard nothing.
Soon Mark gets another visit, this time from Danny the Blade Muldano the prime mob character who threatens him and his family if he tells ...
hmd3 15.02.2005
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Advantages: great read, story, twists Disadvantages: not much
...only to be pulled into the car by Romey. He tells the boy that they will die together. The boy soon realises that he is a lawyer who knows were a client has buried a top Senator. He escapes and runs away with his brother who goes into shock for the rest of the story. He then has to live at a charity hospital and decides after some police/FBI interrogation that he needs a lawyer. She is a lawyer who specialises in children cases but has never encountered ... ...from the Mafia. Reggie (the lawyer) then has to defend Mark from the Mafia and the courts. This is a book that has you staying up too late at night and dominates your free time until you finish. It is a typical Grisham book that deserved the film and credit it duly got. ...
christopherj84 05.02.2001
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Advantages: Well-written, moving, excellent plotline Disadvantages: I missed half my holiday as a result!
...on holiday. After opening the front page, the holiday was instantly forgotten as Grisham began to weave yet another tale of mystery and suspense. I could not put it down.
I think this has got to be among his best novels so far, although I end up saying that about each one! The story is hard-hitting, emotional, and jam-packed full of suspense. The way he describes the boy, so tough and street-wise, but when faced with hard-core crime, even he begins ... ...The character research he put into her must have taken months. She is everything she appears not to be at face value, and as a result is seriously underestimated by all the big officials she and her client are up against. A real girl-power icon!
After reading the book, the film seemed so short and uneventful. If you're going to see the film, definitely read the book.
Grisham has outdone himself yet again, although I think even he must realise it ...
Lucilock 13.10.2000
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Author
John Grisham
Title
The Client
Genre
Thriller
Type
Fiction
ISBN
0099179415; 038542471X; 0440295262; 3526417776
Manufacturer's product description
An eleven-year-old has discovered a secret that not even an adult should know. A US State Senator is dead, and Mark Sway is the only one who knows where the body is hidden. The FBI want him to tell them where it is at whatever cost to Mark and his family. The killer wants him silenced forever. Reggie Love has been practising law for less than five years. Only she can save Mark from these twin threats. Together, they must take on the might of the State and the wiles of a cold-blooded killer. From the PublisherJohn Grisham's bestselling backlist newly repackaged with fantastic new covers See all Product Description
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